Moskus: Mirakler

Anja Lauvdal | Fredrik Luhr Deitrichson | Hans Hulbækmo

Norwegian improvisers Moskus range widely on this album of whimsical sonic sketches (their fourth for Hubro), which sounds a bit...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2018

Dal Sasso/Belmondo Big Band: John Coltrane A Love Supreme

Allonymous | Bastien Stil | Christophe Dal Sasso | Clovis Nicolas | Dominique Mandin | Dre Pallemaerts | Erick Poirier | François Christin | Guillaume Naturel | Laurent Agnès

Recorded in 2002, the piece opens with a recitation of ‘A Love Supreme’ poem, written by Coltrane in December 1964,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion: The Blues Don't Scare Me

Pat Davey | Paul Robinson | Pete Whittaker | Rob Koral | Si Genaro | Zoe Schwarz

Judging by this latest release from her six-piece blues band Blue Commotion, it's clear that Zoe Schwarz's voice just gets...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Orchestre National de Jazz: Europa Rome

Includes a suite by Benjamin de la Fuente and tone poem written by Andrea Agostini inspired by impressions of Rome...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Erroll Garner: That's My Kick

Art Ryerson | Bernie Glow | Charli Persip | Don Butterfield | Erroll Garner | George Duvivier | George Jenkins | Gerald Jemmott | Herbie Lovelle | Ike Isaacs

The first of these albums, That's My Kick, marks Garner's return to the studio in 1966 after a five-year gap.Despite...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2020

Fly: Year of the Snake

Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner

This is Fly's second album for ECM, and displays pleasing signs of artistic growth, displayed most obviously in ensemble cohesion...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012

Phil Donkin: The Gate

Ben Wendel | Glenn Zaleski | Jochen Rückert | Phil Donkin

Expectations have been running high concerning the career of Phil Donkin for close to a decade now. Graduating from the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Ben Marston & Hugh Barrett: Unfound Places

The duo of Jan Bang-mentored trumpeter/electronics wiz Ben Martston and pianist Hugh Barrett offer a warm, minimalist, and down-to-earth Aussie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

Cool Sweetness Sextet: Shoehorn Shuffle

Aage Tanggard | Anders Jacobsen | Jen Sendergaard | Mårten Lundgren | Ole Skipper | Pellie von Bülow

Leader/arranger Jacobsen wants his charmingly- titled sextet to replicate the West Coast cool school of the 1950s, and fellow-trombonist Jiggs...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022

Dan McCarthy: A Place Where We Once Lived

Toronto-born vibraphonist Dan McCarthy's playing is moody and reflective on this new digital-only release, and it fits perfectly with the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021